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VK7 Amateur Radio News 23Apr23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 23rd April 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 23rd April 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Justin, VK7TW.
On Sunday this broadcast goes out on repeaters all over VK7 and on digital radio - DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C by VK7ZCR.
We go out on medium and high frequency courtesy of the following rebroadcast stations:
On 1.862 MHz by Graham, VK7GS
On 3.670 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
On 7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD,
On 14.130 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE and
On 28.525 MHz by Dale, VK7DG.
We also go out on UHF CB Channel 15 thanks to Mark VK7FMAC in the Hobart area.
You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT in Southern VK7.
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WIA VK7 Centenary
Early newsletters please
In a recent issue of Amateur Radio you may have seen that Peter VK3RV is looking for early copies of Tasmanian newsletters. Linda VK7QP has many of these in the REAST VK7 archive and has been in touch with Peter to let him know.
If you have any early newsletters Linda would be pleased to receive them and scan them. She would then send selected scanned copies to Peter and also record them in the historical database we are creating as part of the VK7 Centenary project.
Linda has many copies of QRM, but not all. She has some parts of newsletters from the 1960s and would like to get more of them, and in better condition.
If you have any newsletters, please contact Linda VK7QP or your local VK7 Centenary rep - Peter VK7PD in the North, in the North West - Eric VK7EV or in the South - Rod VK7TRF
73 Linda VK7QP
VK7QP(at)wia.org.au
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Event News
VK7 Centenary
The centenary of organised amateur radio in VK7 happens in June 2023. We thank the WIA Board for their support of this event.
The VK7 Centenary committee is planning a host of events that will include:
For the month we will be operating special callsign - VK7WIA.
There will be a callsign usage rostering system so VK7 amateurs book, operate and log contacts for their roster period.
AR Magazine for May-June will be a focus on VK7 edition.
There will be a WIA National News Broadcast run by VK7 in June.
There will be a special QSL card and award certificate for contacting VK7WIA during June.
There will be Open Days around VK7 during June incorporating media opportunities, historical displays and special operating days; and,
There will be a focus on 100 years of VK7 Amateur Radio history and the standing up of a VK7 Amateur Radio News history web-based repository.
If you have an idea for the centenary month of June please let your club representative know - In the North - Peter VK7PD, in the North West - Eric VK7EV or in the South - Rod VK7TRF.
73, VK7 Centenary Committee
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ALARA News
ALARAMeet 2023
ALARAmeet 2023 is happening from 3 – 6 November in Hobart Tasmania. Registrations are now open, and will close at the end of July. I have attached the registration form for your information.
PDF FORM
Looking forward to working with you for the OM tour on the Saturday afternoon and the BBQ and associated activities on the Sunday midday. Lee VK7LEE is booked in to take photos for the weekend.
From expressions of interest (EOI) last year we are expecting about 40 people, including about 20 OMs. However, since the EOI went out I have had contact with several additional people who are planning to come.
https://www.alara.org.au/
73, Linda, VK7QP
ALARAMeet Organiser
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, PD, KT, FGGT, XTC, ZIR, OO, TW and ZBX all sharing forty five photos.
There were various subjects like:
The Very Low Frequency antenna array at Exmouth in WA, HF spider beam and Mitsubishi van with an impressive antenna array for a VHF field day.
Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout and one lone butterfly.
More from the 1/5th scale village and Embassy Gardens at Tasmazia near Sheffield – this time the Trump Wall that divides the USA from México and The Pentagon with Jacqui Lambie.
Radio wise there was an FRG7, Icom 5100, 24GHz kit and dish, Hi Power Valves and high stability PointLink marine communication platform.
Weather satellite maps.
Sun sets and Victoria Decks on a foggy morning.
A big red cross at Dark MOFO.
The Waddamana Power Station Museum and a view from the Tarraleah Power Station Lookout.
This weeks transport theme was a ferry, new looking 4 wheel drive ute, a motor bike, custom VW beetle van, customised ute, Land Rover Forward Control, 4 and 6 wheel drag racers, a steam train and many prime movers.
Remember Ken VK7KRJs and Steve VK7OOs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring site that allows anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
Also if you missed the net there are archives of all SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on Kens 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCs website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
73 from Andre VK7ZAB
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QSL NEWS
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The updated list of QSL Cards held as at 7 April 2023 is in the email version of the broadcast.
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au
If you do not wish to receive QSL Cards please let me know as well as the stations you work.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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A, AAA, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AC, AD, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, AL, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, AT, ATH, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BO, BPV, BT, BYE
CH/T, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CW, CX
DD, DG, DM, DN, DO, DQ, DX, DW, DZ
EA, EE, EG, ER
FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FLAR, FLYN, FF, FG, FGGT, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GC, GGZ, GM, GN, GR, GS, GZ
HBR, HCH, HCK, HDM, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSD/MRS, HSJ, HVK, HWW, HXT, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JAZ, JB, JCR, JGD, JJ, JOK, JON (VK6,2014 to 2016), JP, JW
KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KKR, KL, KO
LAW, LDH, LJ, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MC, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MR, MRS, MS
NA, NC, NET, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NTE, NVH,NWQ
OB,OR
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK, QP
RG(FRJG), ROY
SM, SN, STO, SV
T/ch, TCE, TED, TK, TL, TO, TS, TX
VA, VAC, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VR, VTM, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WL, WN (VK0), WO, WT, WX
XDM, XTC, XV, XX
YN, YUM
ZBX, ZGK, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZR, ZT, ZTA
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP
The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekly – Mondays and Fridays 10.30AM till 12.00 at the Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry Street, Launceston.
For more information contact Al on 0417 354 410.
73, Al, VK7AN
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
This week saw the release of the much anticipated John Moyle Memorial Field Day results. Congratulations to the following three NTARC members who each came first in their respective sections:
Peter VK7KPC, 24 Hour Portable Section - Single Operator, All mode, All band,
Ross VK7ZR, 6 Hour Portable Section - Single Operator, Phone, VHF, and
Peter VK7PD, 6 Hour Home Station - All mode, VHF. Certificates are “in the mail”.
Congratulations also to club members Andrew VK7DW, Lionel VK7ZLB and Andre VK7ZAB who all finished in the top ten of their sections.
While we are in a congratulatory mode well done to Douglas with his recent success in passing his foundation license and is now being issued with call sign VK7DGD. Once he gets his radio set up there will be a new voice on air. If you hear the call sign please make him feel welcome and say hi.
As all may have noticed winter appears to be rapidly approaching. With it the chance of getting enough club members together in one spot as well as good weather at the same time is diminishing rapidly. However last weekend worked out in our favour and a team headed off to Mt. Arthur and RAA for some pre winter repeater and track attention. Over to Tony for a brief rundown of their endeavours.
“The trip to Mt. Arthur on Saturday the 15th went very well indeed with both the track clearing rubbish removal and site maintenance all going to plan.
Once we left the mill car park we proceeded up the mountain and picked up the rest of the crew along the way. Track clearing was going well but the day was to be a full one on the repeater site so Dave made the decision to complete the track clearing on the way down or on another day, once at the top car park VK7KPC Peter set up to play a bit of radio, both VK7IT Lewis and VK7FEAT Stuart took the Kubota back down the track and completed all the necessary track clearing.
The rest of the crew headed up the mountain to complete the site works and once on site everyone took to their respective jobs and got them completed in good time. Lewis appeared at the repeater site some time later and assisted with various tasks and after a few hours the rubbish was reduced in size and stowed on the repeater site, out of sight and away from the track, The wind generator had been removed, the elevated rigging repairs were sorted by Wayne VK7FT, the RigRunner power switch and accessories were delivered to the site and after a bit of a tidy up and check we headed down the mountain only to be met by Stuart who was about two thirds of the way up way up….
Once we got back to the cars we headed back down the track to the car park where we headed off home after a full days work, I dont mind saying that I was a bit on the tired side myself and Tony VK7ZTT did a mighty job going up and completing a lot of work given that he was still quite fatigued by a recent bout of Covid.
Thanks go to: David VK7JD, Peter VK7ZPE, Wayne VK7FT and Kathy, Tony VK7ZTT, Peter VK7KPC, Stuart VK7FEAT and Lewis VK7IT, without you all none of the work completed would have been possible.
Regards - Tony VK7YBG”
Thank you Tony and team, its nice to know things are in good hands and all being readied for the winter season. Now back to some club house keeping matters…
Mug Order - Those members who ordered a personalised club mug, they have arrived and are available for collection at Friday coffee mornings or at the Wednesday bi-weekly club Technical Nights. Special deliveries can be arranged for our far-flung members.
Because of the high number of enquiries we will be placing another order fairly soon, so if you would like one then please see André. So anyone else who wants one please specify what name is to be printed above the call sign. The final price will be about $12 depending on eventual quantity ordered.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 26th of April. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm…. and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will be Nic VK7WW.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. Why not pop in and join us for a cuppa there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 3rd of May and will commence at the usual time of 7.30 pm, running through to about 10.30 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
FINALLY - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, no matter how trivial, then please email them to the Secretary at the following address news(at)ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Thats all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Contest News
John Moyle Memorial Field Day Results
Congratulations to Richard VK7ZBX who came second in the 6 hour single operator VHF portable category. VK7IAN also participated in the HF category of this section.
Congratulations to Catherine VK7C who came second in the 24 hour single operator HF category.
It was great to see the Channel Mens Shed VK7CMS station appearing in the JMMFD results in the Multi-operator Six Hour category. I understand this was the first contest that the Channel Mens Shed group has participated in. Great Stuff!
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Scout Centenary - Cygnet - VK7HSD
On Sunday the 30 th of April - thats next weekend, the Huon Districts Scout Station, VK7HSD will be operating portable from Cygnets Burtons Reserve to celebrate 100 years of Scouting.
Both Cygnet and Huonville Scout groups boast a large group of youth who currently hold their Foundation licenses; will no doubt be looking forward to sharing their journey in Amateur Radio to
the wider community.
Both voice and digital on H.F, along with DMR; Echolink will be utilized from 10 am till 4 pm on the day.
There will also be lots of “electronical” hands on displays to experiment with too.
On air contacts will receive a commemorative QSL card to mark the occasion.
We look forward to hopefully making the contact on air, or even in person!
For more information, please email Michael, vk7mrs(at)gmail.com.
73, Michael, VK7MRS
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Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
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Sisters Heading to the US - Wave Farm artists in residence
This October the Sister Akousmatica are heading to New York to explore the boundaries of radio through bouncing waves off the moon with the support of Wave Farm as artists in residence and inaugural recipients of the Rising Tide Award!
There is a link in the email edition of this broadcast that will take you to more details about these fantastic events.
https://mailchi.mp/wavefarm.org/april2023
The Sisters are so grateful for the ongoing support from the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania who give us technical advice and inspiration for our work on the electromagnetic spectrum.
73, Pip VK7SEA and Julia VK7HAG
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Special April Presentation
VK7RHT - Voting / Simulcasting and all things Repeaters
We have a special event this Wednesday night with Hayden VK7HH of Ham Radio DX fame who will be taking us through the recent upgrade of VK7RHT repeater.
Hayden will be taking us through the move back to the mountain, what is involved with simulcasting, multiple voting receivers and VKLinking.
Come along and see what a modern sophisticated amateur radio repeater system is all about.
We get underway at 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
The presentation will be RF and YouTube Streamed on the REAST YouTube Channel.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
https://fb.me/e/vzLr1Ajm
73, REAST Committee
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May Presentation
Subsea Acoustic Communications
A huge thank you to Brendan from FIOMarine who will be giving us a presentation on subsea acoustic communications including:
Challenges faced in the underwater environment such as wave propagation, thermal and salinity layering, multipathing.
Techniques used such as DSP, spread spectrum, and OFDM.
A demo of acoustic comms used in the fiobuoy system.
A demo directly sending ASCII text between two acoustic modems.
And if time allows I might talk about Brendan's audio design business building guitar pedals and synthesizers too.
It happens on Wednesday 3 May from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms.
The presentation will be RF and YouTube Streamed on the REAST YouTube Channel.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
https://fb.me/e/HaNV5pTE
(73, REAST Committee)
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
Last Wednesday night we had a special visitor with Fred ON6QR from Bussells in Belgium who is here for around two months. Fred specialises in activating IOTA locations and has been around the world QRP activating islands on the air.
Jim VK7JDZ also bought along his new Hustler vertical trapped antenna and we tested using a VK5JST Antenna Analyser and a NanoVNA and the performance was impressive.
In the DATV studio Lance VK7ZA took the audience through his issues with his EFHW antenna at any power greater than 5 watts getting into his NBN Modem and possibly getting into the VDSL2 system in the neighbourhood back to the Fibre to the Node. This occurs on 80 and 40m as the VDSL2 system uses the spectrum up to 17.2MHz which is why 160/80/40m potentially affects the VDSL2 Modem.
Lance outlined the line and connector hygiene that prevents unnecessary ingress of RF signals. Lance also removed the old Cat3 telephony cabling that was picking up the RF causing mixing of common and differential signals which is what causes issue with signals to/from the modem.
There is an excellent NBN Advisory Paper that is available at the link on the email edition of the broadcast. Thanks Lance.
https://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/nbn-Amateur-Radio-guide-publication.pdf
Tony VK7XTC then took the audience through his portable doublet antenna that he is intending to use for WWFF/POTA.
Tony then showed his dual core BALUN for use with the Doublet and the testing he did by putting a 200 ohm resistor on the balanced side of the BALUN and an antenna analyser on the unbalanced side showing very low SWR across the HF frequency range. Thanks Tony.
Justin VK7TW then took the audience through the latest AR Magazine starting with the story of the death of Leap Seconds with a demonstration of how he captured the 2015 and 2016 leap seconds.
2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwlGbCumYCo
2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wg8RKbEAps
We then went through the remaining articles in the AR Magazine.
We finished with reminders of future events
Our DATV nights go into recess for three weeks as we have two presentations over the next two weeks.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is Saturday May 13th.
If you are thinking of coming along then please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know by phoning 0417 391 607 or via the REAST Website Contact Form.
https://www.reast.asn.au/contact/online-contact-form/
Check out the REAST Foundation Licence Training Videos that can be found on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
And checkout the REAST Facebook page events for further details.
https://fb.me/e/2lrgEJgfd
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640 MHz commences at 6:00pm AEDST.
Statewide SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7RAF/VK7RJG from 7:30pm. In the North and North West - VK7RJG on 438.55 -7MHz and in the South - VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) CTCSS tone 141.3Hz to link RAF North-South.
State-wide – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following the Sunday broadcast call-back on 1296.15 MHz FM. One group in the greater Hobart area and another in the greater Launceston area.
Then North-south digital contacts on 1296.2MHz using Q65-60B.
Stations in the Launceston area transmitting on the odd minute. Southern stations on the even minute.
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC - Fridays - Coffee mornings in the NTARC Club rooms from 10am to noon.
NTARC - Wednesday 3rd May - Club Technical night - from 7.30 to 10.30 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC - Wednesday 26th April - TestNet and TechNet - TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on VK7RMD
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local) - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
REAST – WAGS – Wednesday Afternoon Group meet in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 12 noon.
REAST – DATV Experimenters Nights from 7:30pm live in the club rooms also on DVBT RF and YouTube Streaming
NW SSTV Nights - 24 April 2023 - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
REAST - 26th April - VK7RHT - Voting / Simulcasting and all things Repeaters with Hayden VK7HH in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm
REAST - 3 May - Subsea Acoustic Communications - FioMarine - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm
VK7 - June 2023 - VK7 Amateur Radio Centenary
ALARA - November 2023 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7ZIR
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to N W T A R C, West Coast Radio Group, Cradle Coast Radio Amateur Radio Club, VK7AX, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7JGD
40m: VK7DG
20m: VK7TPE
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB15: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7ZCR
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You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT in the South.
A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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That concludes our VK7 Amateur Radio News Broadcast for this week.
You have been listening to or have just missed VK7WI. Next week the National WIA news can be heard at 0900 followed by the VK7 Amateur Radio News around 0930 hours.
Items for the broadcast can be emailed to vk7arnews(at)gmail.com
Further information about the broadcast can be found at the VK7 Amateur Radio News Groups.IO Group.
https://groups.io/g/vk7arnews
The deadline for items is 21:00 on Friday prior to the Sunday of the broadcast.
VK7WI is now closing but will reopen shortly for callbacks and relay reports. PLEASE NOTE: given the number of potential statewide callbacks we will be taking and acknowledging callsign only. Once the callbacks are over, there will be plenty of time to chat statewide about other matters.
Callbacks will be taken on the frequency to which you are listening. Relay stations will use their own callsigns during the callback.
On behalf of the VK7 Amateur Radio News Team, 73, stay safe from Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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